Pen or pencil holder or clip.



H. H. & H. L. TOOKEFL PEN 0R PENCIL HOLDER 0R CLIP.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.5 19.14.

.Patented July 20, 1915.

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WITNESSES ATTO R N EY LA, l

UNITED sfr s HUGH ROSS TOOKER AND HARRY LEIGI-I TOOKER, OF SANTA MARIA, CALIFORNIA.

PEN OR PENCIL HOLDER` 01?, CLIP. f

To all whom it may concern f Be it knownthat we, HUGH Ross TooKER and HARRY LEIGH TooKER, citizens of the United States, residing at Santa Maria, in the county of Santa Barbara and State of California, have invented a new and useful Pen or Pencil Holder or Clip, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to holders or clips for pens or pencils, and its object is to provide a. simple and efficient form of clip attachable to a pen or pencil for holding the pen or pencil in apocket against accidental removal.

In accordance with the present invention the clip comprises a body member with an elastic' strip attached thereto and carrying spurs movable through suitable perforations or passages in the body member, or to one side or both sides of said member, so that the spurs may be projected beyond the face of the body member 'designed to engage' the cloth of the pocket, or these spurs may be withdrawn from the cloth and sheathedin the passages of the body member, thus permitting the withdrawal of the clip, together with the pen or pencil to which it is attached from the pocket without interference by the spurs. The member carrying the spurs is arranged to have a. normal tendency in a direction to project the spurs, and likewise may be moved for a limited distance against its normal tendency to retract the spurs, and the whole structure is so arranged that it may be manipulatedand the pen or pencil withdrawn from the pocket by one hand of the user.

The invention is useful in connection with either pens or pencils, but is particularly useful in connection with fountainpens, and for the purposes of simplicity of description the article to which the clip is applied will 'be referred to as a pen without, however,

thereby restricting the use of the clip to a pen.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following detailed description-taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification. with the further understanding that while the drawings show a practical form of the invention. the latter is not confined to any strict conformity with ythe showing of the drawings, but may be changed and modified so long as such specification of Letters Patent. Patented- Jul'y 20, 1915,

Application filed August 5, 1914. Serial No.7855,191.

changes and modifications mark nomaterial section throughv the clip with the pen toy which it is applied in elevation and showing the device in positionin a pocket, the latter being more or lessschematically represented in section. Fig. L is a view similar to Fig. l butshowing a.` somewhat different form of the invention. Fig. 5 is a view similar to y Fig. 2 but showing the form of the invention illustrated in Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is an edge view,

partly in section, of the structure of` Figs. 4

and 5. Fig.l 7 is a detail section of a modified form of a portion of the structure.

Referring to the drawings, there is shown an elongated body member l formed near one end with side extensions bent into shape to constitute a barrel 2, the circumferential continuity of which, however, is incomplete,

so that the barrel may be traversed by the v body of a pen 3 and will /grip the pen body elastically but so firmly as 'to preventaccidental displacement of the structure along the pen body. The barrel 2 is formed near, but not quite at one end of the body member, there being afshort continuation 4 of the body member in line therewith, but on the opposite side of the barrel from the main portion ofthe body member -which is somewhat longer than the continuation 4. The main .portion of the body member terminates at its free end in an angle eXtension 5 through which there is formed a longitudinally'extended slot 6.

Attached to the body member is one end y purpose being'to facilitate thermanipulation Vof the tongue 7 in a manner to be described. n

Near the angle'end 5 of the body member That end of the latter has/p assagesvor perforations 11 im therethrough, and carried by the spring tongue 7 are spurs 12 so located as to move through the perforations 11, and these spurs are of suiicient length to 'project for a distance beyond that face of the body member 1 remote from the tongue 7 when the tongue is flat against .the body member, this being the normal position of the tongue and in this case the tongue where projecting through the slot 6 is at the end of the latter toward the main portion of the body member.

1n Fig. 3 there is shown the front portion 13 of a pocket with the back portion 14 constituting a part of the garment to which 'the pocket is attached, the showing of the pocket being more or less schematic.

The clip is customarily constantly attached to the body of the pen 3, so that it may be eectively a permanent part thereof, even though it can be removed from the pen body or may be applied to the pen body, at will. It is sometimes the custom to rivet or otherwise permanently fasten the clip to the pen body, in which case the barrel may be -omitted and the extension 4 riveted or similarly secured to the pen body, but in either instance the essential features of the invention remain.

' The spurs may be in the form of pins separate from the spring tongue 7 and. riveted thereto, as in the forms shown in Figs. 1 to 6, or these spurs may be struck out from the metal of the tongue, as shown in Fig. 7, where a portion of the tongue is indicated at 7 and the struck out spurs at 12a. rlhe eeot in either instance is the same, and these spurs are arranged at an acute angle to the vface of the tongue 7 toward the riveted end thereof, so that theypoint generally toward the barrel Q. When the pen is inserted into the pocket with the body 1 of the clip outside of the front member 13 of the pocket, the spurs, being then in trailing relation to the direction of movement, readily move over the cloth withont piercing the same, or the spring tongue may be moved in opposition to its normal tendency until stopped by the outer wall of the slot 6, in which position the pointed ends of the spurs are housed or sheathed within the periiorations 11 out of the path of the cloth. When, however,l

the spring tongue is released after the pencil has tic tendency of the tongue, and being pointed more or less in the direction of the travel of the pen and clip in the direction of withdrawal of the pen from the pocket, anchor into the cloth ,and there remain effectively is desired to purposely withdraw the pen from the pocket, the operator has but to enbeen inserted into the pocket, thel spurs readily pierce the cloth under the elasmerano gage the .handle end 10 and the angle extension 5 with the thumb and finger of one hand, and by suitable pressure withdraw the spurs from the cloth of the pocket front 13, so that the sharp ends of the spurs are sheathed within the passages 11, or even moved wholly therefrom in a direction away from the pocket-engaging face of the body member 1. Now, by an appropriate movement of the hand of the user, the pen is readily withdrawn from the pocket without liability of interference by either the spurs or the cloth. While the pen is in use, the spurs are again projected through the body member, but these spurs then come in contact with the body of the pen 3 and so are shielded against doing any harm to anything with which they might otherwise come in contact. f

In Fig. 4 there is a body member 1'h1 whichi-` inmost part is similar to the body member 1 and is Jformed with a barrel 2a sion 4a. Instead of an angle extension 5 theg corresponding end of the body member is formed into a loop 15 by returning the body member upon itself, and the loop is provided with an entering recess 16 serving the purpose of the slot 6 of the structure of Fig. 1, the open end of the recess being closed by the engagement of the loop with the corresponding face of the body member la. A s ring tongue 7 b similar to the spring tongue is provided and at the end adjacent to the loop 15 the spring tongue is formed with a longitudinally projecting toe 17 entering the recessi16 and guided by the walls of the recess. The spring tongue 7b is secured to the body member 1 by a rivet 8a and while in the structure of Fig. 4 but one rivet is shown, it will be understood that more than one rivet may be employed, or a single rivet may be made to answer in the structure of Fig.r 1. The body member 1a is provided with perforations 11'c1 and the spring tongue carries spurs 12b.

Instead of an extension 9 andhandle 10, as in Fig. 1, the spring tongue 7b is provided with a headed pin 18 between the spurs 19,1 and the toe 17. This pin serves as a handle which may be readily grasped by the lingers of one hand by a finger engaging the returi portion or loop 15, thus permitting the operator to withdraw the spurs from projecting relation to the body` member 1n as in the form of Figs. l, 2 and 3, and the operation of the device is the same as already described with reference to the other figures.

It will be .understood that the spring tongue 7 b may have integral spurs, as shown in Fig. 7, instead of the separately attached spurs 12b shown in Figs. 4, 5 and 6.

In the structure of Figs. 1, 2 and 3 but two spurs are shown, while in the structure of Figs. 4, 5 and 6 three spurs are shown, and

it is evident that the invention is not conand exten-f j fined to the use of any particular number of spurs, since even one spur will answer for some purposes.` l

No broad claims are made herein to the invention, but the claims are limited to the general structure shown, since the broader aspects of the invention are claimed in another application for a pen or pencil holder, filed on even date herewith, under Serial No. 855,189.

. What is claimed is 1. A holderor clip for pens and the like, comprising a body member provided with means for the attachment of the clip to the body of the pen, and an elastic tongue fast at one end to the body member, and at the other end provided with spurs, the body member having passages for the spurs, and the spurs being of a length to project through the body member when the tongue is in engagement therewith.

2. A holder or clip for pens and the like comprising an elongated body member with means at one end for the attachment of the body member to the body of the pen and at the other end formed with an outstanding guide, and a spring tongue fast to the body member near the means for attaching the body member to the pen and at the other end engaging the guide, the spring tongue carrying spurs and having a normal tendency toward the body member, and said body member being perforated for the passage of the spurs.

3. A holder or clip for pensand the like comprising an elongated body member formed at one end with a barrel for the reception of the body of the pen and at the other end having an angle extension with a longitudinal slot therein, and a spring tongue fast at one end to that end of the body member provided with the barrel, and at the other end projecting through a slot in the angle extension of the body member, and beyond the extension provided with an angle extension terminating in a fingerhold, the spring tongue adjacent to the free end being provided with spurs, and the body member having passages therein for the spurs.

4. A holder or clip for pens andthe like comprising an elongated body member with means at one end for attachment to the body of the pen, and at the other end formed with a guide, and a spring tongue fast at one endto the body member adjacent to the means for attachment to the pen and at the other end engaging the guide and adjacent thereto provided with a finger hold, the body member adjacent to the guide being provided with perforations,

and the spring tongue having spurs projecting therefrom and adapted to move through the perforations of the body mem- 5. A holder or clip for pens and the like, comprising an elongated body member with means at one end for attachment to the body of the pen, and at the other end formed with a guide, and a spring tongue fast at one end to the body member adjacent to the means for attachment to the pen and at the other end engaging the guide and adjacent thereto provided with a linger hold, the body member adjacent to the guide being provided with perforations, and the spring tongue having spurs projecting therefrom and adapted to move through the perforations of the'body member, said spurs having an inclination toward the end of the clip or holder attached to the pen.

6. A holder or clip for pens and the like comprising an elongated and relatively flat body member having means on one face for the attachment of the clip to the body 4of the pen, and an elastic tongue situated on the other face of the body member and fast at one end to saidv body member and at the other end provided with spurs of a length to project beyond the pen-carrying face of the body member when the tongue is in engagement with the opposite face thereof.

7 A holder or clip for pens and the like comprising an elongated` and relatively flat body member having'- means on one face for the attachment of the clip to the body of the pen, and an elastic tongue situated on the other face of the bodyv member and fast at one `end to said body member and at the other end provided with spurs of a length to project beyond the pen-carrying face of the body member when the tongue is in engagement with the opposite face thereof, said tongue having means for its manipulation at the end provided with spurs and the body member being provided with means at the like end thereof for limiting the retractive movement of the elastic tongue.

In testimony, that we claim the foregoing as our own, we have hereto aliixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

HUGH ROSS TOOKER. HARRY LEIGH TOOKER. Witnesses: f

JOSEPH H. Co'r, E. C. BIGELOW. 

